NGC 6752 (also known as Caldwell 93 and nicknamed the Great Peacock Globular) is a globular cluster in the constellation Pavo. It is the fourth-brightest globular cluster in the sky, after Omega Centauri, 47 Tucanae and Messier 22, respectively. The cluster lies around 13,000 light-years distant and is one of the closer globular clusters to Earth and has been calculated to be 11.78 billion years old. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6752 |
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Mount |
German Equatorial Mount | Image center | RA 19 10 DE -59 59 |
Telescope | 20" Cassegrain f/3 (1500 mm) | Size | 20' |
Camera | Moravian G2 8300 mono | Mag | 5.4 |
Filter | Astrodon LRGB 1,25'' | Distance |
13000 Ly |
Exposure | R 4x2min/G 4x2min/B 4x2 min | ||
Total |
24min |
Award/published | Astrobin, AAPOD2 |
Software | PixInsight | ||
Date |
2017 |
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Location |
IAS Hakos Farm, Namibia |